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I noticed that there is a huge drop in performance when those AA emplacements go to work. It would be nice if there was an option to use the ABM and FCS in ACE3 with this. I dont think I should be able to see the 100mm Rounds flying through the air.

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"It causes lag" isn't something I can fix. You'll have to be more specific. What EXACTLY are you doing when the lag is noticed? Like Dr. Evil said, "I'm the boss... need the info..."

"I don't think I should be able to see... " UM you do realize that tracers are somewhat intrinsic to the game right? :) Every bullet and shell has a 3D model. What you don't realize is that the computer renders all of those 3D models, whether you see them or not. It just so happens the 100mm shells are so darn big you can notice them. But thanks for your input.

SO... looks like the Russians have recently updated the SA-22 radar... I may have to make some new SA-22 versions :)

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Not interested nor willing to "split up" the pack. There are very specific reasons that the pack needs to be "the pack". In fact the ONLY reason I didn't make it one big PBO was I didn't want to kill downloads, and it is easier to deal w/ the different updates and edits in split PBO's. It is a misnomer to call any system "standalone" in this pack as there aren't really even "standalone" systems. Very few SAM platforms are autonomous. There are other reasons as well that I won't go into here. "In for a penny, in for a pound"... one can certainly utilize single SAM or AAA systems as they are exposed in the editor... you simply need to d/l the entire pack as I don't split those things any further. So if one were only interested in a single platform in the pack, fine, but you're occupying only a few hundred MB on your disk anyway so what's the problem. And since BIS deemed it a community project to import their existing A2 content, CUP has so much rich content that why oh why would anyone NOT want to work with it. However I digress.

Nor am I willing or interested in making A3 factions... bug-eye crew members are not something I wish to play with... "DO NOT WANT"... The A2 factions in CUP are the only factions that I am interested in playing with, as they represent modern-day real-world factions. The Rangemaster mod, being one of the main mods I play and work on, is based on A2 factions, and therefore this mod will remain focused on "modern day" A2-content (read: CUP). And since all factions and sides (BLUFOR, OPFOR, IND) are represented in the pack, there is no "loss" of content if one were to piecemeal add these units to their missions.

The focus of the next release in the upcoming months will be resolution of the several reported bugs and issues. I can't fix "it doesn't work for me" or "it causes lag" so those reports will be ignored. I really REALLY want this to be as stable as possible, so very little new content will make it in, if at all.

edit to add... geez I didn't intend to write a novel... really need to stop replying to posts with morning coffee! :)

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Hi hcpookie, thanks you for this great mod, I have tested it deeply and it works fine under air defense environment which is the main purpose of this addon, but some mission editors finds interestng to use this mod as a high value targets on ground forces operations, because of that I would suggest you to improve a bit the geometry LODs of some units, like SA-10 / SA-12 tubes, actually we fire ATGM to vertical cannisters and missile went through without damaging( the vehicle is ok, but is hard to target it into the shelter), also I would ask you to decrease the damage capacity in general to the units, for example, the radars (is almost impossible to destroy a radar mast with ATGM, it is very hard).

Take this as suggestions only, I do not have intentions of criticizing, your work is excellent!!

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But I've trouble getting my plane (Thunderbolt) downed. I tried the SA-20 site. Attacking head on will in most cases end in a rapid death but as soon as I start circling towards my target the SAM site sometimes is shoot empty even if I don't use any CM. I see the missiles exploding nearby but the do no harm. Only the ones exploding in front of me kill me in an instant.

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This has been reported before. What you are seeing, or rather, NOT seeing, is the invisible "target" that the missile launcher attaches to you. You see nothing, but the AI missile sees a giant sphere to attack. When it 'splodes', the indirect damage hurts you but doesn't instant-kill you. which, for a normal plane, should be enough that you are hurting pretty bad. Apparently other mods (RHS perhaps???) changes the armor values so that the missiles, based on vanilla values, no longer "breaks". SOOOO... I am working on an update that 1) changes the missile speed to be more realistic, and 2) changes the impact values to work in spite of these changes in armor values.

You'll see the invisible "ball" that spawns around your vehicle... this is what the AI missile hits, and explodes, and the indirect fire damage values are supposed to apply. This was done for reasons mentioned previously.... basically accommodating the AI. So the indirect fire should be what wounds, but not necessarily destroys, your airplane. This will be fixed soon! :)

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This modification is absolutely brilliant, thank you so much for porting it. I've been playing since the very first European release of OFP and the series has always needed some SAM and AAA assets, however back then the islands were small compared to what we have now and our view distances were quite limited. It's absolutely awesome watching these missiles chase a high speed fighter jet 5km in the air on the 'Mach Loop' terrain addon. You're work is greatly appreciated, it's added so much more realism to the game.

Again, thank you. :)

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Hi, hcpookie. I don't think I've seen any other mod creators use a spawner unit in the factions' Men lists to deploy a composition/site. It seems really convenient for half-literate new users like me to deploy things beyond our own design knowledge (meaning real-world typical AAA and SAM site layouts). I never played Arma 2, nor do I use A3 air assets except as very limited support for my ground missions. But I placed an AAA site and a SAM site roughly in the middle of a 10x10 map, and between them they effectively grounded anything airborne I tried to call in for support. Great way to keep a mission focused on ground action, as well as to properly motivate a player to take out the AA sites, to make way for air support, insertion/extraction, resupply, etc.

I always get this when entering the 3D editor:

no entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgVehicles/pook_SA2_Decoy.side'.

I found that I was getting consistent errors in deploying the ChDKZ version of the SA-2 SAM site, which may be related. The CDF BLUFOR and INDEPENDENT SA-2 site scripts work without errors.

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I keep hearing "it slows down when sam's fire" but no specifics. Scripts aren't optimized into functions yet. Do you have a repro mission? Mission scenario conditions? Which SAM site exactly? The scripts are all basically the same, however I don't get this experience, and I have yet to get consistent reports of which SAM site is causing slow-downs. In honesty, the SAM firing should have ZERO frame rate impact... the SAM detection script, however, could cause some occasional frame rate impacts on a busy server.